I sit on the board of the Sightline Institute, so I’m always pleased to see the Seattle-based organization get good coverage in Lower Mainland media. The release of their report on compact urban form in the region certainly did that, as evidenced by Jeff Nagel’s piece in the Surrey North Delta Leader.
The best part of the Sightline’s report? The map that shows the changes in the region from 1991 to 2006. (Click and watch it change!)
The major warning: “Compact neighbourhoods accounted for 56 per cent of new suburban and urban development in 2001-06 versus 67 per cent in the 1990s.” We’re still doing better than most places, but we’re slipping.
